KW: The U.S. is doing its best to isolate Russia, forcing and demanding all its allies to follow suit even as it damages their own economies as result of yielding to American demands on trumpted- up (excuse the pun) charges that Russia invaded Ukraine that are a complete lie with actually the reverse being true. (The U.S. itself destabalised the Ukraine). Members of the E.U. are calling for sanctions to be dropped becasue it is damaging the local economies but the U.S. couldn’t care a less, the lie and the orders remain. Our won government here in New Zealand succor up to the Americans and NZ doesn’t have any trade with Russia when we could right now be supplying a huge amount of food produce to Russia but John Key follows his orders so we all miss out.
But not China
Deals include sale of stakes in projects to Chinese firms, an oil supply contract and joint investments in petrochemical projects